The motif of the Messianic : law, life, and writing in Agamben's reading of Derrida / Arthur Willemse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willemse, Arthur, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Derrida, Jacques.

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.

Agamben, Giorgio.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 155 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

The Motif of the Messianic is the first sustained commentary on Giorgio Agamben's use of the messianic, with a view of his polemical relationship to Jacques Derrida. Arthur Willemse explains Agamben's move beyond Derrida by way of his critical intervention in the Aristotelian concept of potentiality and the ensuing transformation of the role of theology and theist assumptions within philosophy. Willemse argues that it is not the case that Agamben announces the redundancy of theology, but instead he revitalizes it by changing its focus the realm of the sacred toward the realm of the profane. Book jacket.

Contents:

Law

Philosophy and infancy

Paradigms and signatures

Agamben, Aristotle, and Bartleby

Agamben's Messianic

Life

Life after death

Derrida and Agamben on theology

Writing

Khra and contingency

The supplement of halo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Willemse, Arthur, author. Motif of the Messianic

ISBN:

9781498544115

1498544118

OCLC:

1005684555